RefNoHS/4/256
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from David Brewster to Sir John Herschel, dated at 10 Coates Crescent, Edinburgh
CreatorDavid Brewster
Date12 October 1822
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Has been unable to answer his letters due to the King's visit. Refrained from writing on hearing of the death of W. Herschel. His paper on the absorption of light will appear in the next number of the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Comments on this. Grateful for any astronomical news. Advice welcomed on memoir of W. Herschel.
LanguageEnglish
Extent3pp
FormatManuscript
Place origin10 Coates Crescent, Edinburgh
Origin coordinates55.949, -3.2122
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel5780
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7450Brewster; Sir; David (1781 - 1868); natural philosopher1781 - 1868
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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